July 18th, 2007 | by Imnakoya | published in Africa, Aid, Governance
The rug just got pulled under Bono and all other aid proponents.
Aid to poor countries has little effect on economic growth, and policies that rely on such claims should be reexamined - IMF
“We find little evidence of a robust positive correlation between aid and growth,” says IMF economists, There is “little evidence that aid […]
July 16th, 2007 | by Imnakoya | published in Advocacy, Africa, Business and Entrepreneurship, Nigeria
After watching Robert Neuwirth short documentary on informal economy in Lagos via Africa Unchained, I have been prodding for several days at the “so what?” piece.
Robert has a penchant for studying what the majority of Nigerians will consider – “worthless” and even “degrading”; he studies slums and their inhabitants. His documentary on Lagos - a […]
July 7th, 2007 | by Imnakoya | published in Blogosphere, Media
If my two year experience as a blogger is anything to go by - the blogosphere will be useless without interaction between blogs, and probably more useless without hyperlinks. As a blogger have you linked lately…I mean to another blog you dig? If not you need to. It’s a pity there are no good measures […]
July 7th, 2007 | by Imnakoya | published in Conflict, Corruption, Democracy, Niger-Delta, Nigeria
One of the readers of this blog sent in an email asking why there hasn’t been postings on Nigeria as it used to be, specifically wanted to know what I think of Margaret Hill, the three year old girl who was seized from a car on her way to school in the Niger-Delta city of […]
July 2nd, 2007 | by Imnakoya | published in Africa, Blogosphere, Media
Yes, project AfricanLoft is officially four weeks on the cyberspace, but it’s not officially launched yet. July is the month  AfricanLoft will be official; the date will be disclosed, and the activities making the event will be revealed shortly.
Now that the site is fairly stable, we wish to state that membership to the AfricanLoft Community […]
